A University of Wisconsin-Madison electrician involved in a suspected electrocution on Tuesday has died, according to authorities. At about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, UW and Madison police officers and the Madison Fire Department responded to a reported electrocution at the Humanities Building in an attic above Mills Concert Hall. The employee was transported to UW Hospital and Clinics but he was not able to be revived. He was pronounced dead at approximately 5:50 p.m. His name is being withheld until the completion of notifications of his family.
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